
After the WWI Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Arizona to Broadway (1933) James Tinling, James Dunn, Joan Bennett, Herbert Mundin, Comedy, Crime, Romance

In the small town of Larrup, Arizona, Smiley, a con-artist traveling with cohorts Kingfish, Morris and Ambrose, persuades Lynn Martin Read More »
Cardinal Richelieu (1935) Rowland V. Lee, George Arliss, Maureen O’Sullivan, Edward Arnold, Drama, History, Romance

Released generally as Cardinal Richelieu, this George Arliss vehicle was based on the popular 19th-century blank-verse play by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Read More »
Emma (1932) Clarence Brown, Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt, Comedy, Drama, Romance

When their mother dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher who has been the nanny to his 3 children but now has an infant to care for. Read More »
Le golem / The Golem (1936) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Roger Karl, Charles Dorat, Fantasy, Horror

The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
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Amphitryon / Happiness from the Clouds (1935) Reinhold Schünzel, Willy Fritsch, Paul Kemp, Käthe Gold, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. Read More »
Broken Lullaby (1932) Ernst Lubitsch, Lionel Barrymore, Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, Drama

A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript Read More »
God’s Gift To Women (1931) Michael Curtiz, Frank Fay, Laura La Plante, Joan Blondell, Comedy, Romance

Contemporary Casanova Toto loves beautiful women and pursues them shamelessly. Read More »
Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934) Edward Ludwig, Charles Ruggles, Ann Dvorak, Eugene Pallette, Comedy, Drama, Romance

After 20 years of writing for The Balance, Asaph has become a conservative shadow of his former self. Read More »
Stablemates (1938) Sam Wood, Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Arthur Hohl, Drama, Sport

Wallace Beery plays eternally inebriated ex-veterinarian Tom Terry. An aspiring jockey Mickey (Mickey Rooney) idolizes Tom, who reciprocates by passing along horsemanship advice to the kid. Read More »